The News: Saturday 17 September 2016 04:45 PM
Fayda Syed Ali
Partners for Transparency (PFT) issued the fourteenth report, which included monitoring, analysis, and incidents of corruption in August 2016, as the Foundation monitored 83 corruption incidents during the month, which were revealed by investigation authorities, Parliament and various media.
The report indicates that in August 2016, the details of the corruption of wheat silos continued to be revealed, as the fact-finding committee formed by Parliament estimated the amount of wheat supplied as fictitious supply of approximately 2 million tons, which is equivalent to approximately 5.6 billion pounds, and accordingly the resignation was accepted. Former Minister of Supply Khaled Hanafi, against whom several reports were submitted to the Attorney General, accusing him of wasting public money.
The report added that investigations are underway with a group of officials in the Ministries of Supply and Agriculture, the Export and Import Authority, and the workers of the silos company, and the month witnessed the issuance of two Republican decisions, the first appointing Counselor Hisham Badawi, head of the Central Auditing Agency, with a ministerial rank, for a period of 4 years, and the other considering the recommendations of the State Land Recovery Committee Headed by Ibrahim Mahlab, Assistant to the President of the Republic, it is binding on all government agencies with jurisdiction over the territories.
The report indicates that the Ministry of Supply achieved the largest share of corruption incidents during August 2016 with 17 incidents of corruption out of a total of 64 incidents, followed by the Ministry of Agriculture with 10 incidents of corruption, after that comes the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology with 9 incidents of corruption, followed by the Ministry of Interior with a score 8 incidents, then the localities sector with 7 incidents, followed by the Ministry of Education and Investment with 5 incidents of corruption for each of them, and then the Ministry of Housing with 3 incidents of corruption.
The report revealed that the incidents under investigation came first among corruption incidents during the month of August 2016, as they received the largest percentage of 78% out of a total of 83 incidents, followed by the incidents that were judged by 10 %, then the incidents under trial came at a rate of 8 %, and finally the incidents came. Which was not achieved last by 4 % of total incidents.
Cairo governorate occupies the largest share of corruption incidents during the month of August 2016 due to the concentration of administrative headquarters in it, where it received 24 corruption incidents, followed by Giza governorate with 13 incidents, then Sharkia and Qena with 6 incidents of corruption for each of them.
For his part, Dr. Walaa Gad Al-Karim, Director General of Partners for Transparency, states that the previous reports of the organization over the course of a whole year were revealing that the Ministry of Supply issued the list of sectors that witness corruption, and therefore the departure of the Minister of Supply was expected.
He pointed out that Khaled Hanafi is the second ministerial "head" to be overthrown due to incidents of corruption and waste of public money during the era of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi after the former Minister of Agriculture Salah Hilal.
